Algeria Population Pyramid (2026)
Algeria has a population of 48,028,333 in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 (projection for 1 July). That is the 32nd-largest population in the world and 0.58% of the global total of 8.30 billion. Children under 15 make up 29.4% of the population and people aged 65 and over 7.0%, with 104.0 males for every 100 females.
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| Age group | Male | Female | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100+ | 155 | 432 | 587 | 0.00% |
| 95-99 | 2,455 | 5,209 | 7,664 | 0.02% |
| 90-94 | 16,210 | 28,567 | 44,777 | 0.09% |
| 85-89 | 59,850 | 84,623 | 144,473 | 0.30% |
| 80-84 | 127,437 | 164,886 | 292,323 | 0.61% |
| 75-79 | 280,325 | 307,716 | 588,041 | 1.22% |
| 70-74 | 483,677 | 494,830 | 978,507 | 2.04% |
| 65-69 | 668,421 | 658,248 | 1,326,669 | 2.76% |
| 60-64 | 902,822 | 868,304 | 1,771,126 | 3.69% |
| 55-59 | 1,140,672 | 1,094,388 | 2,235,060 | 4.65% |
| 50-54 | 1,350,901 | 1,290,979 | 2,641,880 | 5.50% |
| 45-49 | 1,655,925 | 1,564,538 | 3,220,463 | 6.71% |
| 40-44 | 1,880,659 | 1,781,332 | 3,661,991 | 7.62% |
| 35-39 | 1,873,594 | 1,770,291 | 3,643,885 | 7.59% |
| 30-34 | 1,729,266 | 1,617,970 | 3,347,236 | 6.97% |
| 25-29 | 1,464,663 | 1,404,224 | 2,868,887 | 5.97% |
| 20-24 | 1,575,280 | 1,512,327 | 3,087,607 | 6.43% |
| 15-19 | 2,056,875 | 1,968,716 | 4,025,591 | 8.38% |
| 10-14 | 2,464,032 | 2,365,496 | 4,829,528 | 10.06% |
| 5-9 | 2,516,377 | 2,416,438 | 4,932,815 | 10.27% |
| 0-4 | 2,235,200 | 2,144,028 | 4,379,228 | 9.12% |
| Total | 24,484,793 | 23,543,540 | 48,028,333 | 100.00% |
| Male surplus 941,253 (2.0% of the population). | ||||
Population pyramid, 1950 to 2026
Watch how Algeria's population structure evolved from 1950 to 2026
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Algeria sex ratio
Algeria has 104.0 males per 100 females.
That is 941,253 more men than women (2.0% of the population). Men outnumber women up to 65–69; from 70–74 on, women outnumber men, and at 85 and over there are 1.5 women for every man.
Algeria age structure
Algeria has a stationary population pyramid. The largest five-year band is 5–9, at 10.3% of the population.
Algeria's under-15 share is the 72nd-highest of 194 countries.
The largest generation is Gen Alpha — 24.0% (11,512,731). All generations in Algeria →
How the age structure shifted, 1950 to 2026
Key Demographics
| Total Population | 48,028,333 |
| Male Population | 24,484,793(51.0%) |
| Female Population | 23,543,540(49.0%) |
| Median Age | 28.8 years |
| Sex Ratio | 104.0 males per 100 females |
| Youth (0-14) | 14,141,571(29.4%) |
| Working Age (15-64) | 30,503,721(63.5%) |
| Elderly (65+) | 3,383,041(7.0%) |
| Total Dependency Ratio | 57.5 |
| Youth Dependency Ratio | 46.4 |
| Old Age Dependency Ratio | 11.1 |
| Pyramid Type | Stationary |
Dependency Ratios: Number of dependents per 100 working-age individuals.
Births and fertility rate
UN World Population Prospects 2024, 2026 (medium-variant projection).
How many births, and how often (2026)
In Algeria there is about one birth every 38 seconds.
Birth-rate and fertility trend, 1950 to 2026
Crude birth rate · total fertility rate (dashed)Birth statistics, 2021 to 2026
| Year | Births | Birth rate (per 1,000) | TFR (children/woman) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 957,511 | 21.4 | 2.87 | estimate |
| 2022 | 931,867 | 20.5 | 2.82 | estimate |
| 2023 | 905,981 | 19.6 | 2.77 | estimate |
| 2024 | 881,823 | 18.8 | 2.72 | projection |
| 2025 | 855,432 | 18.0 | 2.67 | projection |
| 2026 | 832,197 | 17.3 | 2.62 | projection |
Since 1950
Global context (2026)
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Births, birth rate and fertility for 2024 and later are medium-variant projections; 1950–2023 are estimates.
Fertility in context (2026)
That is above the replacement level of 2.1 children per woman, and ranks Algeria 65 of 194 for fertility (1 = highest). The world average is 2.23, and the UN projects Algeria's rate at 2.00 by 2050. Since 1950 the rate is down 64.2%, from 7.32 children per woman.
Algeria median age
Algeria's median age is 28.8 years
Half the population is younger than this and half is older, which makes Algeria a young society.
Worldwide, Algeria's median age is the 87th-lowest of 194 countries.
Algeria's median age changed by +2.0 years from 2016 to 2026, slower than the world average (+2.6 years).
It has risen from 18.4 years in 1950, and the UN projects 34.5 by 2050.
Life Expectancy in Algeria
How long the average person in Algeria is expected to live · sourced from UN WPP 2024
Life expectancy, 1950 to 2100: UN estimates to 2023, projection from 2024
Solid: actual · Dashed: medium-variant projectionAlgeria population change, 1950 to 2050
Since 1950, Algeria's population has grown by 432.6%.
Algeria has 48.0 million people in 2026, up 248.4% from 13.8 million in 1970.
Births outnumber deaths by 607,299 (UN projection for 2026).
Algeria is projected to grow to 59.6 million people by 2050 (+24.0% from 2026).
Algeria's Demographic Evolution by Decade
In the 2020s, 2024 to 2026 are UN projections.
The population grew 35.0%, from 13.8 million in 1970 to 18.6 million by 1980.
Algeria's demographic transition stage
Stage 3 (falling birth rate): 2.62 children per woman and 17.3 births per 1,000, with a low death rate (4.7). Read more about Stage 3.
Algeria's working-age share peaked in 2010 at 67.6% and is 63.5% in 2026.
Compare Algeria with other countries
How Does Algeria Compare to Its Neighbors?
Algeria has a younger population than Morocco, Tunisia. Algeria has an older population than Libya, Egypt.